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Still Wet Days Later

Water Damage Restoration Gulf Breeze, FL

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A stained ceiling, a damp wall, and one question: what is feeding it?

Why a Florida building stays wet: the four things that set that clock, laid out once for the whole state.

Damp buildings in Gulf Breeze

From an air handler dripping into a ceiling to a slab that stays damp, one call anywhere in Gulf Breeze connects you with a local pro working the area. Gulf Breeze holds the end of the Fairpoint peninsula between Pensacola Bay and Santa Rosa Sound, with 18 miles of waterfront and three bayous.

What the homes date from

Built around a median year of 1972, about three quarters of the housing (76.4 percent) in Gulf Breeze is older than 1990, so much of it was fitted for cooling the way builders of the early 1970s went about it. Where a house from the early 1970s still has single-pane aluminum windows, the cooled glass and frames run colder than the summer air outside, and water condenses on their outer face and runs down into the sill and the wall below it.

The months that matter

The normal dewpoint in Gulf Breeze stays at or above 70 degrees around the clock in July and August, reaching 74.5 in July; August is the wettest month, with 8.38 of 69.1 inches, rain recorded 6.8 miles away and dewpoint 7.6 miles away. With Pensacola Bay on one side and Santa Rosa Sound on the other, a strong August blow can push bay or sound water up the three bayous while its rain falls on the same yards, so the lowest slabs near a bayou take water from both directions.

The usual sources here

  • Single-pane aluminum windows on early-1970s houses, where condensation on the outer face of the cooled glass runs down into sills and wall framing
  • Homes along the three protected bayous, where a strong blow can push bay or sound water up the bayou while rain falls on the same lots
  • A narrow peninsula about 16 feet above sea level at its center, with water on both sides and no higher ground to drain toward, under the drain fields of some 490 homes whose septic systems are on record

Water Damage Restoration services in Gulf Breeze

AC overflows, wind-driven rain, surge, slab leaks and backflow: local pros in Gulf Breeze take each one on.

Areas covered around Gulf Breeze

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Frequently asked questions

Why do the windows of an older Gulf Breeze house drip on the outside in summer?

The median house here was built in 1972, and where one still has single-pane aluminum windows, the glass and metal take on the indoor cold. The humid outdoor air condenses on their outer face, and the water runs down into the sill and the wall below. Soft wood or peeling paint beneath a window is the sign that it has been doing so for years.

How does water reach homes along the Gulf Breeze bayous?

Gulf Breeze has 18 miles of waterfront and three protected bayous, with Pensacola Bay to the north and Santa Rosa Sound to the south. In a strong blow, wind can push bay or sound water up a bayou at the same time as rain is falling, so the lowest yards and slabs along its banks take water from the bayou and from above at once.

What happens to a Gulf Breeze septic field when the ground is already soaked?

Some 490 homes in Gulf Breeze have septic systems on record, on a peninsula with water on both sides. After days of heavy rain the soil around a drain field holds all it can, and the household's water has nowhere to go but back toward the house. A toilet or tub that drains slowly the morning after a storm is the first sign of a full field.

Gulf Breeze, FL

Storm water in a Gulf Breeze building?

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